Boram Jeong

Boram Jeong serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her academic profile bridges continental philosophy with urgent contemporary social issues, specializing in cross-cultural analyses that challenge Western philosophical hegemony through Asian and Korean perspectives.

Education Background:

• Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, USA) and Université Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis (Paris, France) under a dual-degree agreement (2017)
• M.A. in Philosophy from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (2008)
• B.A. & B.F.A. in Philosophy, Painting & Printmaking from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (2005)

Research Focus: Dr. Jeong's work centers on 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy and Contemporary French Philosophy with critical applications to social justice. Her scholarship interrogates racial invisibility in Asian American contexts, decolonial feminist frameworks through colonial Korean history, and cross-cultural existentialism regarding the meaning of life. She actively reconfigures concepts like 'people of color' and 'minjung' to develop non-Western political ontologies.

Publication Trends: Analysis of her 2014-2022 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Phenomenological examinations of racialized embodiment ('Yellow Bodies', 'Invisibility'); (2) Decolonial feminist reinterpretations of Korean history ('Unhomely', 'New Womanhood'); (3) Cross-cultural existentialist dialogues between Asian and Western thought. Her work consistently connects Deleuzian subjectification theories with capitalism's psychological impacts while advancing critical race philosophy through Asian philosophical resources.

Teaching and Mentorship: Dr. Jeong instructs courses including PHIL 3500: Ideology and Culture (focusing on Racism and Sexism) and PHIL 4812/5812: Decolonial Thought. Her pedagogical approach integrates her research on colonial legacies and racial formation, fostering critical engagement with philosophy's Eurocentric traditions through comparative frameworks.